Hose protector



July 6,1926. 1,591,028

, c. B. FARRAR I HOSE PROTECTOR Fil ed ocpsl, 1922 fig-5.

. 1 an as V I? i a 4 4 INVENTOR.

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hose is pulled with undue force; trans Patented Jul 's, 1926.

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Appli cation filed October 31', 1922. Serial lea- 9am; j

Myjinv'ention relatesto adevic'e re jpie: ventingthe kink. or sharplbe'nd which is risn'ally forinedin a fiexible hose adjacent Y thefcoupling' or connection whenever tlie j vcrsely of the coupling. a d A y a A 'ct f th'eginvention is to provide a an extremely siinpl'edevice of thecharacter described. whichfwill not only effectively W prevent thelkinkingz and ultimate cracking of the hose; but willpr'even't the breaking of the couplingby which the hose is attached to'the connection. I I

Another object is to provide a device of the character described which will enable the hose to be pulled in any direction transverselyof the coupling or connection, without subjecting. said members to the strains above mentioned. v

A further object is toprovidei a device of the character described which can readily be applied to the air and water or gasoline stands commonly used atmost-service stationswhere gasoline and oil are sold.

The invention possesses other object and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will beset forth in the fol;- lowing description of the preferred form? of my inventionwhich isillUst-ratedin'the V 30' drawings accompanying and forming part ofthe specification. It is to be understood that I do not limit myselfto the showing made bythe said drawings and description,

as I may adopt variations of the preferred form within the scope of my invention as set forth in the claim.

f Referring to said drawings:' ,7

Figure 1. is a side elevation of aportion of a water or air standequipped with the hose protector of my invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse section of the" structure shown in Figure 1 taken on the line 22 thereof. 1

' Figure 3 is aside elevation showing an overhead discharge pipe of agasoline pump equipped with a slightly modified form of the protector. V a

' Figure 4 is a transverse section of the structure shown in Figure 3, the plane "of the section being indicated by the line l4.

-As illustrated in Figures 1 and 2,1the device of myinvention is associated with an air and water stand d such as with which most gasoline servlce stations are equipped. v

The i stand usually vertically disposed is provide'c'li with one ormore' air or wa'fter connections-7 to a which a flexible hose "8 may be attached' at one end by a suitable coir pling '9. The connection is designed so'as to enable the eoupling'and attached enfd-"of'tlie hose to depend"therefrom vertically.

- .In' the use" of the hose,"'it is frequent- 15 pulled detracted to takeadvantage of its fulll'ength. ;This imparts a severe-strai-n to the connection and coupling and,;as clearly a indicated by the dotted lines8 of Figure 1,

causes a kink or sharp bend to form in the port-ion of the hose adjoining the couplings As a result after the hose is pulled repeat-f edly and particularly whenpulled with undue roughness it is not uncommon for the connection or coupling to become broken,

and the kinked portion of the hose to be .come weakened and the entire hose thereby .made useless. The cost of repairing the hose and connection, not to mention the in convenience occasionedjby the delay in effecting the repair, renders the foregoing a matter of'considerable importance. In" ac cordance however withthe device of iny invention these annoyances are entirely elimie nated, and furthermore'jthe device is. 01?

suchisimplech'aracter that th'e'cost thereof is but a small fraction of the .costjentailed I m repairing the connection and hosein a single instance.

"As here shown there' is positioned below and concentricallyaligned with the verticalaxis of the coupling and the adjoining'end of the hose, a ring 12 through which the hose is adapted, tov extend. By means of the threaded extension 13 which engages a correspondingly tapped hole 14 in the stand, the

-, ring may be'fixed to the stand'and retained in position, a jam nut 16 being'also .pro-

vided so as to'hold' the-ring secure. The in .side diameter of the ringyas clearlydndi- ,cated in Figure 2 is considerably greaterv in diameter than the exterior of the hose," soiif the portion of the hose engaged therein is v vertically disposed, it will be spaced from;

thevsidesthereof. Howeverwhen a strong pull is exerted on the hose and transmitted to the connection, the portion of thehose within thering will abut" against the side lUU of theringnearest'the-point of application of the pull, and the portion of the hose adjoining the coupling will be caused to as smile a curvature of large radius, as clearly indicated by the full lines in Flgure 1.

With the hose thus pressed against the ring,

most'of the strain otherwise transmitted to the connection, is transferred'to the stand. It Will thus be clear that it is practically 1mpossible to kink the hose or break'the conilO vice applied toan overhead discharge pipe '29 of a gasoline pump." In this embodiment the ring is substituted by a bracketmember 30 provided with transversely separated Openings 81 and 82. ,The l opening 31 is adapted for engagement by thehose Whereas the opening 32 is arrangedto fit around the pipe 29. The'bracket member is held in myhand at Oakland, this fixed position on'the "pipe bythe set screw IclaiIn:- v The combination with a Vertical standpipe adapted to containa fluid and'having V a connection to Which one end of a hose may be vertically attached, of a member'h aving a pair ofcoplanar rings defining transversely separated openlngshavlng parallel axes and through which said hose and stand-pipe are respectively arrangedto extend, the opening for the hose being circular in form and com paratively considerably larger than the hose and in axial alignment with the connection therefor, and means; for holding said 1ne1n ber adjustably fixed with respect to said stand -01 be.

In testimony whereof; I have hereunto set tober, 1922. l

CHARLES B. FARBAR. 

